Originally Posted by Wogsterca

It does really depend on the bike, a nice stable bike with a decently balanced weight shouldn't have a problem, some bikes though are not very stable, and that can make it nearly impossible. Another factor is weight, not total weight but distribution of weight side to side, even if the bike is stable put 4L of milk in a pannier on one side, with something light in the other pannier and it becomes impossible, you can probably figure out how I know this I could easily do it in 1980, so I could probably do it now, but the MTB is too unstable and the bike is not well balanced most of the time.....